Colin Wratten
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In 1920s London, brutal and bloodthirsty murder has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily's dedicated housekeeper Janet Mcintyre stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic...
2) Belgravia
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 283 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Follows events when the rising nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's well-known upper classes and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge.
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Waking the Dead volume 9
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Boyd is being moved out of the Cold Case Unit, but first he decides to take on the unsolved mystery of 16 homeless boys from Waterloo Bridge who disappeared in the 1980s. The Cold Case team's investigation unearths the grimmest find of their careers.
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Waking the Dead volume 2
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Boyd is convinced that the missing Donald is not a murderer, and pushes his team to try to make sense of all the vague connections in the case and eventually confront the unfathomable evil lurking within the heart of this sad, unfortunate family.
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Waking the Dead volume 6
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As Boyd and his team burrow deep into the paranoid, polarized world of early 80s British national security, they uncover duplicity and sabotage that goes to the heart of government today, and that puts Grace in mortal danger.
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Waking the Dead volume 4
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The investigation into Claire Somers' death has seemingly unleashed a predator straight from the darkest childhood nightmare. But are they looking for a monstrous child-stealer, or misguided saviours?
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Waking the Dead volume 1
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Boyd has to break in a new team member of equal rank, Detective Superintendent Sarah Cavendish, a high-flyer recently grounded by a hushed-up failed operation. The team investigate the mystery of a missing banker to help the man's seemingly cursed family find closure.
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Waking the Dead volume 7
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When a missing medical student's DNA matches with that of an unidentified corpse found tortured and drowned years before, Boyd suspects a cover-up. Unmasking the fears and tensions of the post 7/7 terror attacks, the team discover the cold case victim could have formed part of a terrorist cell.
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Waking the Dead volume 3
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When the Cold Case squad learn that a recently murdered woman is Claire Somers, who as a seven year-old girl was abducted from a care home 25 years ago, they unveil a shocking portrait of life in the 1980s care system.
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Waking the Dead volume 8
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Boyd needs Sarah's counter-terrorism expertise to help expose the state's involvement in Karl Barclay's death, but the case only amplifies Sarah's crippling self-doubt and guilt over the death of a colleague.
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Waking the Dead volume 10
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There's growing concern amongst the team over Sarah's disappearance, and time is running out for Boyd as he fights his final battle for justice against a powerful adversary. Will he prevail?
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Waking the Dead volume 5
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The Cold Case team investigate the murder of notorious Falklands' veteran-turned-peace activist Piers Kennedy, rumoured by conspiracy theorists to have been killed by the state - a theory that appears far from outlandish when his corpse is discovered in tunnels directly under the MoD.
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Inside Men volume 4
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A new person in charge of security rubs John the wrong way and he worries that she may put the whole job at risk. Everyone tries to remain calm as the big day gets closer; savoring their old lives for the last time before things change forever.
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Inside Men volume 2
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John, Chris and Marcus struggle to talk without arousing suspicion. Their first challenge is to employ the muscle to do the heist. Marcus knows a businessman who can provide guns and men, but he wants to see cash to prove they are serious.
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Inside Men volume 3
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Planning for the heist is coming together but the men's lives aren't getting any easier. Chris's mom is getting worse. Marcus is under pressure from Gina to assert himself more. Meanwhile, John tests the guns and enjoys his new found confidence.
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Inside Men volume 1
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John is the manager of a cash counting depot who faces his worst nightmare: an armed robbery. His family are taken hostage and he is forced to open the safe at gunpoint. He has been trained for this but nothing can prepare him for the real thing.
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Waking the Dead volume 2
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Boyd and the team investigate Lore's true identity and the reasons why she is in danger. The pressure is on to find the trained terrorist killer who is holding her children.
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Waking the Dead volume 6
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The horrific discovery of a living body farm makes Boyd realise that Eve's lover is involved in illegal organ transplants. Eve is captured and prepared for the operating table; can Boyd rescue her before she loses her heart?
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Waking the Dead volume 10
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Boyd investigates the links between a group of men, all of whom knew the murder victim.
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Waking the Dead volume 7
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The Cold Case squad find a dead neo-nazi hidden in an air con duct of an empty car park. But when the team do some digging into the man's past, they uncover links to a politician standing in the local election.